According to Bloomberg, New Energy Finance, improved efficiencies and declining costs will make the average wind farm cost-competitive with coal, gas, and nuclear by 2016 (the best ones already are there). According to Justin Wu, the firm’s lead wind analyst: The …
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Sustainable Economics
A friend asked me to respond to this piece about the Occupy Movement and its activity re: home foreclosures. Yes, there was gross corporate malfeasance in home mortgage lending that led to the crash of 2008 and the ongoing meltdown, and …
Why We’re Not Working On Global Climate Change
We all want to know why the developed countries don’t do something about global climate change, given that it’s we who have the power to control the destiny of civilization, as the preponderance of energy consumption falls disproportionately to the …
Free Webinar: Energy Efficiency — Both How and Why
I hope you’ll be able to join us for our December webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance will be my guest in a discussion we call: How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures – …
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Infographic – All Forms of Energy on Earth Came from the Big Bang
As a part of our ongoing quest to produce “infographics” that lay out the basics of energy, I invite you to check out the chart here, presenting the notion that all the energy we harness and use here on Earth …
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Professionalism and Courtesy — Good Things To Keep Handy
One of the big challenges in doing business in the 21st Century is that so many people seem to have forgotten the adage, of Asian origin I suppose, that “what goes around comes around.” Where the standards of professionalism 20 …
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Gating Factor for Consumer Adoption of Electric Vehicles
AltEnergyStocks.com wizard Tom Konrad comments on my piece on the gating factor for consumer adoption of electric vehicles: I think the largest barrier is sticker shock. Range anxiety does not stop anyone from buying the Volt, and Leafs are selling …
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Lunch with Green Car Blogger Jon LeSage
Green car blogger Jon LeSage and I had identical experiences early last week. We both came across each other’s names, recognized them from our travels in the industry, and said, “I want to talk to that guy.” This all culminated …
We’ll Have Clean Energy When We Have Justice
A wonderful gentleman, Peter Kusterer, blogger extraordinaire from North Carolina called me the other day, and we chatted for some time. At the conclusion, he graciously asked me to send him any concluding thoughts I might have before he published …
From Guest Blogger Joshua Okomo: Top Challenges to Develop Green Energy in Africa
Africa faces the greater challenge of energy access, energy availability and energy affordability than all the rest of the world. Assessment undertaken in 2008, Africa was the lowest per capita energy consumer averaging 0.66 tons of oil equivalents (TOE) compared …
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